Arthur Raymond Halbritter
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Arthur Raymond (Ray) Halbritter (born 1951) is an American businessman who is the current Nation Representative and CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises, a major casino and tobacco conglomerate in Upstate New York. He is a member of the Oneida Indian Nation's Wolf Clan.
Biography
Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative of the Oneida Indian Nation Inc. since 1975 and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its enterprises since 1990, has led the Oneida people to an economic and cultural renaissance during the past 30 years. His accomplishments include achieving
An avid golfer, Halbritter passed the Players Ability Test, making him a golf pro apprentice, the first stage to become a member of the Professional Golfers Association.[1]
Halbritter is the grandson of Mary Cornelius Winder.[2]
Oneida Indian Nation
Under Halbritter’s leadership, the Oneida Indian Nation endowed a professorship at Harvard Law School for teaching American Indian law,[3] sponsored the “True Spirit of Thanksgiving,” the first-ever American Indian-sponsored float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[4] and earned the 2007 Condé Nast Johansens “Most Excellent Resort” award for all resorts in the U.S. and Canada.[5] As one of the donors to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Oneida Indian Nation of New York had the fourth floor named in its honor. The Oneida Nation also hosts the PGA TOUR Turning Stone Resort Championship, the first regularly scheduled green PGA TOUR event to be held on tribal lands, which was honored for Best Branding and Signage in 2009.
The Oneida Nation’s businesses include
Halbritter is executive producer of a
Through its enterprises, the Nation has earned national and international recognition and honors, including Four Diamond ratings from AAA for the resort’s luxury hotels and one of its restaurants. It was named as the Academy of Country Music’s Casino of the Year. All three of Turning Stone’s championship-caliber golf courses were listed in Golfweek magazine’s list of Top 100 courses in the country, in addition to receiving multiple other golf awards. (A full list of golf awards is attached.) The Nation’s Atunyote Golf Course hosts both the Turning Stone Resort Championship and the annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge charity event, which Tiger Woods won in 2009.
Service
Halbritter is chairman of the Turning Stone Resort Championship and the Upstate New York Empowerment Fund, the charitable arm of the tournament, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of Central New York charities and civic groups. He serves on the boards of directors of the Environmental Media Association and the Harvard Native American Law Board. He is a member of the
Recognition
Halbritter was named one of Temple Adath Yeshurun’s Citizens of the Year in 2008. He also won the “Person of Achievement” Award from
Washington Redskins Protest
Halbritter has been leading a vocal protest against the name of the NFL
Criticism
Critics inside the tribe have accused Halbritter of being a dictator, a heavy-handed leader who "answers to no one," according to Doug George-Kanentiio, the co-founder of the Native American Journalists Association.[9] Halbritter's initiatives have been criticized by some Oneida, who say he has violated the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee by embracing gambling. They also fault him for selecting his own clan mothers and for creating a "men's council," both unheard-of practices in Haudenosaunee tradition.[10]
See also
- Turning Stone Resort & Casino
References
- ^ Official Approved Bio supplied by the Oneida Indian Nation, 2009
- ^ George, Susan Hébert. "Mary Winder: A Full Life With Land Claim At Its Center" (PDF). The Oneida - Oneida Indian Nation News. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Harvard Law School Announces Oneida Indian Nation Professorship". Harvard University. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ^ "For Sixth Straight Year, Oneida Nation Float to be Featured in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade". Oneida Indian Nation. Archived from the original on January 28, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Condé Nast Johansens Luxury Hotel Guide Announces Winners of their 2007" (PDF). GLODOW·NEAD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Ryan Murphy Among Six New Trustees of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 9, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "CBS News - Breaking news, 24/7 live streaming news & top stories".
- ^ a b Washington Redskins retire team name
- ^ Vargas, Theresa; Shin, Annys (November 17, 2013). "Oneida Indian Nation is the tiny tribe taking on the NFL and Dan Snyder over Redskins name". Washington Post.
- ^ "Christian Peacemaker Teams' Oneida Report". June 20, 2014.